Irrational Optimism — The Spirit Of A Bitcoiner
No retreat, no surrender, Bitcoiners are not here to back down as the fiat establishment might hope.This is an opinion editorial by Aleks Svetski, author of “The UnCommunist Manifesto,” founder of The Bitcoin Times and Host of the “Wake Up Podcast with Svetski.”I just came back from incline sprints and chin-up burpees, at 1:30 p.m. in 103 degree Texas heat, listening to “Through the Fire,” “Push it to the Limit” and “Eye of the Tiger.” Oh … and I’m fasting.Irrational? Yes. Abso-fucking-lutely.When the fiat establishment thinks they’re dealing with “rational” individuals in Bitcoin, they....
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